Our conversation with Dr. Brian Kobilka, recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University. Dr. Kobilka is a humble, passionate scientist who strongly believes in the importance of collaboration in science. Tune in to hear about his incredible story. See more about him and his work at https://med.stanford.edu/kobilkalab.html.

Our conversation with Dr. Bruce Donald, James B. Duke Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Chemistry and Professor of Biochemistry and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. Dr. Donald is also the founder of Ten63 Therapeutics, whose mission to is to “Drug the Undruggable.” See more about Dr. Donald at https://users.cs.duke.edu/~brd/

Our conversation with Dr. Hashim Al-Hashimi, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry and Director of the Center for RNA Biology at Duke University. Dr. Al-Hashimi was the recipient of the National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology in 2020. See more about Dr. Al-Hashimi at https://www.biochem.duke.edu/hashim-m-al-hashimi-primary and his research at https://sites.duke.edu/alhashimilab/.

Our conversation with Dr. Avi Loeb, the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard university, Director, Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC), Founding Director, Black Hole Initiative (BHI), and author of the New York Times best seller Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth. Buy “Extraterrestrial”: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth at: https://www.amazon.com/Extraterrestrial-First-Intelligent-Beyond-Earth-ebook/dp/B081TTY4NX. See more from Dr. Loeb at: https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/.

Our conversation with Dr. Shaundra Daily, Associate Professor of the Practice in the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science departments. Tune in to hear about her passion for engineering better learning environments, promoting diversity in tech, and pursuing unique approaches to fostering a more inclusive and equitable world in STEM.

Tune in to hear our conversation with Dr. Jessilyn Dunn, Assistant Professor of BME, ECE, and Biostatistics & Bioinformatics at Duke University. She speaks about the ongoing wearable-centered research projects she is pursuing in her lab, her team's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and her some of her hobbies. Link to Dr. Dunn's research lab: https://dunn.pratt.duke.edu/

Our conversation with Dr. Donna Crenshaw, Executive Director of MEDX, an innovative collaborative venture between the Duke University School of Medicine and the Pratt School of Engineering. Tune in to hear about how her prior experiences as both a researcher and administrator in the pharmaceutical industry inform her leadership role in MEDx and about how the program helped spearhead Duke's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our conversation with Dr. Robert Lefkowitz, recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine at Duke University. In addition to being an exceptionally talented researcher, Dr. Lefkowitz is a fantastic storyteller and shares countless vignettes from his experiences growing up in New York to sneaking off to do research as a cardiology fellow. Tune in to hear about his incredible career and the journey he has taken as a physician and scientist. Link to Dr. Lefkowitz’s memoir: https://www.amazon.com/Funny-Thing-Happened-Stockholm-Adrenaline-Fueled/dp/1643136380

Our conversation with Dr. Daniel Sorin, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Duke University. Tune in to hear the story of how a chance meeting with another professor at a Dean's luncheon led to him co-founding Realtime Robotics, a company focused on real-time, collision-free motion planning and automation of robots. Also, make sure to check out Dr. Sorin's book recommendation "A Shot in the Moonlight" by Ben Montgomery.

Welcome back after a short break for our second season of podcast releases! Here is our conversation with Dr. Cameron Kim, Lecturer in the BME department at Duke. As a Duke alum, Dr. Kim has had some pretty crazy and exciting experiences, from being on college jeopardy, mentoring the award winning synthetic biology team (iGEM team) at Duke, and pursuing a career as a semi-professional curler! Also make sure to check out "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom," a book by Bell Hooks that Dr. Kim highly recommends! If you want to learn more about Dr. Kim, you can find more information about how to reach him at (https://bme.duke.edu/faculty/cameron-kim).